General Assembly: Press Release

8 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9529

ASSEMBLY EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN MISSION IN HAITI TO 31 DECEMBER 1999, URGING NATION'S AUTHORITIES TO MOBILIZE WILL TO REFORM JUSTICE SYSTEM

19981208 Calls for Continued International Assistance to Somalia, And to Refugees and Countries of Asylum in Central and Eastern Africa

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3277

MANY UN STAFF FROM RWANDA CURRENTLY UNDER ARREST ARE SUSPECTED OF PARTICIPATING IN 1994 GENOCIDE, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981207 As Human Resources Management Discussed, Rwanda's Representative Asks If Genocidal Mindset Was Prerequisite for UN Recruitment Pre-1994 Genocide

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9528

ASSEMBLY URGES GLOBAL COOPERATION ON LIKELY EFFECTS OF YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM; RISKS TO POORER COUNTRIES STRESSED

19981207 Texts on Safety of Humanitarian Personnel, Aid for Developing Nations, Links with OAU Also Adopted; Committee Vacancies Filled

7 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9527

4 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3276

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ESTIMATES FOR 2000-2001 BUDGET LESS THAN AMOUNTS SPENT ON FOOD FOR CATS AND DOGS IN SOME LARGE CITIES, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981204 Committee Takes Up Proposed Budget Outline for 2000-2001 Biennium, Considers Net Budgeting, First Performance Report on 1998-1999 Budget

4 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9526

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPLORES SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS, AS IT ACTS ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF FIRST COMMITTEE

19981204 Adopts 48 Resolutions, 1 Decision, On Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues

3 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9525

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN OCCUPIED LANDS, PROTECTION FOR PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

19981203 Text is Among Many Adopted from Fourth Committee; Issues of Decolonization, Peacekeeping, Outer Space, Information also Addressed

3 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9524
PAL/1866

AS DONORS PLEDGE $68.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT WORK OF UNRWA, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS LEVEL OF AGENCY'S HUMANITARIAN SERVICES MUST BE ASSURED

19981203 UNRWA Head Urges Help in Meeting 1999 $322 Million Requirements And Stemming Erosion of Vital Services to 3.5 Million Palestinian Refugees

2 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9523

2 December 1998

Press Release
GA/9522

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASSERTS LAND-FOR-PEACE PRINCIPLE IS STILL KEY TO SETTLEMENT OF QUESTION OF PALESTINE

19981202 Israeli Redeployment, Start of Final Talks Urged; Other Texts Deal with Jerusalem, Syrian Golan, Information Programme